{"id":318957,"date":"2026-04-15T11:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=318957"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:35:22","slug":"paulo-costa-says-he-messaged-dana-white-but-is-yet-to-receive-a-reply-over-ufc-327-injustice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/paulo-costa-says-he-messaged-dana-white-but-is-yet-to-receive-a-reply-over-ufc-327-injustice\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulo Costa says he messaged Dana White but is yet to receive a reply over UFC 327 &#8216;injustice&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-303876\">\n<div class=\"article-follow\">\n<div class=\"article-sharing google-follow\"> <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWs2azRtMzFf%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">  <span>Follow us on Google Discover<\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Paulo Costa feels snubbed consequently of the opposite highlights that Saturday night produced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Costa received praise from Donald Trump after securing his biggest and most impressive win in a while this past weekend.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVMultiVideo\"><\/figure>\n<p>He became the primary man to beat Azamat Murzakanov by stopping him within the third round, earning the #7-ranking in the sunshine heavyweight division consequently.<\/p>\n<p>Costa should want to face Khamzat Chimaev following this victory, but there\u2019s one other reward that he believes he deserves.<\/p>\n<section class=\"grv-talking-point\" data-trigger=\"vue-sidebar\" data-story-id=\"2f0e647a-65e7-4b50-b67b-7f98c409d6fe\" data-story-name=\"UFC 327\" data-comment-id=\"fa7c5f5a-7a44-4a55-980b-a3437bbc3e2b\" data-story-slug=\"ufc-327\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__inner\">\n<header class=\"grv-talking-point__header\">  <\/header>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__content\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__cta\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__title-wrap\">\n<h3 class=\"grv-talking-point__title\">What needs to be next for a rejuvenated Paulo Costa following UFC 327?<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__embed\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/BE-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Paulo Costa rejuvenated graphic\" class=\"wp-image-303879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/BE-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/BE-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/BE-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/BE-1-912x1140.jpg 912w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/BE-1-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/BE-1.jpg 1080w\"><\/div><figcaption title=\"Paulo Costa rejuvenated graphic. Credit: Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images\">Paulo Costa rejuvenated graphic. Credit: Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paulo Costa messaged Dana White resulting from post-fight bonus snub frustrations<\/h2>\n<p>Josh Hokit earned two post-fight bonuses at UFC 327 for his incredible war with Curtis Blaydes that took place right before Paulo Costa\u2019s win within the co-main event.<\/p>\n<p>This decision has led to a back-and-forth between Hokit and Costa resulting from the Brazilian believing that considered one of those checks should\u2019ve been awarded to him as an alternative.<\/p>\n<p>The previous middleweight title challenger recently said that this \u201cinjustice\u201d left him incredibly frustrated following the event and even resulted in him sending a message to Dana White.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI texted Dana about that. I hope and I trust Dana and Hunter [Campbell] are gonna maintain me,\u201d he said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xNkRPU2GOKU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Ariel Helwani Show<\/a>. \u201cThey\u2019re gonna rethink about that. I feel they did a mistake not giving the bonus but I\u2019m confident they\u2019re fair and so they\u2019re gonna fix this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Costa went on so as to add that after he sent the message on Monday night, White read what he needed to say but hasn\u2019t responded yet.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270930846-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Paulo Costa following his UFC 327 win\" class=\"wp-image-303459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270930846-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270930846-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270930846-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270930846-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270930846-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270930846-750x500.jpg 750w\"><\/div><figcaption title=\"MIAMI, FLORIDA - APRIL 11: Paulo Costa of Brazil reacts after a knockout victory against Azamat Murzakanov of Russia in a light heavyweight fight during the UFC 327 event at Kaseya Center on April 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Ed Mulholland\/Zuffa LLC)\">Photo by Ed Mulholland\/Zuffa LLC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to assume Costa not earning a Performance or Fight of the Night bonus had Hokit\u2019s victory not taken place on the identical night.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Borrachinha\u2019 pulled off a remarkable win where he had to beat some adversity before coming out within the third round just like the ruthless finisher that fans saw during his initial run within the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Costa can have earned the $25,000 finish bonus implemented initially of the yr, but he clearly feels the way of his win deserves a much bigger reward.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more-wrapper lazy see-more-open see-more-blank extra-content\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2026\/04\/14\/paulo-costa-says-he-messaged-dana-white-but-is-yet-to-receive-a-reply-over-ufc-327-injustice\/none\" data-type=\"subscribe\">\n<div class=\"see-more subscribe\">\n<figure class=\"newsletter\">\n<div><svg class=\"loading\" width=\"118\" height=\"36\" viewbox=\"0 0 118 36\"><use href=\"#dots-svg\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<div class=\"signup\"><span class=\"hf\">Join Our Newsletter<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our greatest Bloody Elbow content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow us on Google Discover Paulo Costa feels snubbed consequently of the opposite highlights that Saturday night produced. Costa received praise from Donald Trump after securing his biggest and most impressive win in a while this past weekend. He became the primary man to beat Azamat Murzakanov by stopping him within the third round, earning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":318958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21048],"tags":[7905,5330,29653,30795,14900,5061,23492,3928,479],"class_list":["post-318957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mma","tag-costa","tag-dana","tag-injustice","tag-messaged","tag-paulo","tag-receive","tag-reply","tag-ufc","tag-white"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318957"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318960,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318957\/revisions\/318960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}